(Msg. 1) Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 1:57 pm
Post subject: Force re-install of windows movie maker, other stuff? Archived from groups: microsoft>public>windowsxp>general (more info?)
Well something got corrupted this morning. I assume its one of the .dll's in
the video common code. All of a sudden, I can't open new videos (.mpg) in
movie maker, nor can I play or export a video with quicktime pro.
In the case of movie maker, simply clicking on "import video" causes an
immediate terminate of the program. No "pick file window", the main window
just closes, and thats that. In the case of Quicktime, I get a more
"graceful" exit, it pops up a "buffer overflow forces exit" and then it goes
away.
I was able to do a forced re-install of quicktime, and directX. Can't find
a way to do likewise for windows movie maker. (apparently it came as part of
SP-2).
Norton claims the machine is free of viri, and all the mpg's and .mov's I
have been playing with came from my very own camera, so its a touch unlikely
that I got passed an infected video file. I assume a bit got flipped on the
disk, hence the forced re-instals, and the desire to do more.
Anything else I should be trying to update? Any way to capture more
information about where things are faceplanting?
Anyone know where I can get my paws on an install for movie maker? The only
one on the ms download center is a special update for Vista machines.
--
-dp-
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http://www.the-nerds.org
(Msg. 2) Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 2:17 pm
Post subject: RE: Force re-install of windows movie maker, other stuff? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Seems MM came with xp,if that's the case,install xp cd,exit the info
page,go to
run,type:cmd In cmd type:Sfc /Scannow Type:CHKDSK C: /F When its thru,
Agree,type:EXIT Restart PC Remove xp cd.I would run 1st,then back in xp,
simply install xp SP2 cd,reinstall A reinstall of SP2 wont/shouldnt remove
anything.
"Random J. Nerd" wrote:
> Well something got corrupted this morning. I assume its one of the .dll's in
> the video common code. All of a sudden, I can't open new videos (.mpg) in
> movie maker, nor can I play or export a video with quicktime pro.
>
> In the case of movie maker, simply clicking on "import video" causes an
> immediate terminate of the program. No "pick file window", the main window
> just closes, and thats that. In the case of Quicktime, I get a more
> "graceful" exit, it pops up a "buffer overflow forces exit" and then it goes
> away.
>
> I was able to do a forced re-install of quicktime, and directX. Can't find
> a way to do likewise for windows movie maker. (apparently it came as part of
> SP-2).
>
> Norton claims the machine is free of viri, and all the mpg's and .mov's I
> have been playing with came from my very own camera, so its a touch unlikely
> that I got passed an infected video file. I assume a bit got flipped on the
> disk, hence the forced re-instals, and the desire to do more.
>
> Anything else I should be trying to update? Any way to capture more
> information about where things are faceplanting?
>
> Anyone know where I can get my paws on an install for movie maker? The only
> one on the ms download center is a special update for Vista machines.
>
> --
> -dp-
> Founder: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS.
> http://www.the-nerds.org
(Msg. 3) Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:02 pm
Post subject: RE: Force re-install of windows movie maker, other stuff? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Thanks for the info. Of course this happens on a machine that didn't ship
with media. Will try to get the SP standalone download, and re-install that.
What would help is something that would cough up a backtrace, that
identifies which DLL the fault occurred in. Any tricks there?
(I am spoiled by lisp systems, where should such a fault happen, a single
key chord would bring you to the editor, with the source of the offending
function opened, and the cursor on the line of code that fired the trap)
--
-dp-
Founder: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS.
http://www.the-nerds.org
"Andrew E." wrote:
> Seems MM came with xp,if that's the case,install xp cd,exit the info
> page,go to
> run,type:cmd In cmd type:Sfc /Scannow Type:CHKDSK C: /F When its thru,
> Agree,type:EXIT Restart PC Remove xp cd.I would run 1st,then back in xp,
> simply install xp SP2 cd,reinstall A reinstall of SP2 wont/shouldnt remove
> anything.
>
> "Random J. Nerd" wrote:
>
> > Well something got corrupted this morning. I assume its one of the .dll's in
> > the video common code. All of a sudden, I can't open new videos (.mpg) in
> > movie maker, nor can I play or export a video with quicktime pro.
> >
> > In the case of movie maker, simply clicking on "import video" causes an
> > immediate terminate of the program. No "pick file window", the main window
> > just closes, and thats that. In the case of Quicktime, I get a more
> > "graceful" exit, it pops up a "buffer overflow forces exit" and then it goes
> > away.
> >
> > I was able to do a forced re-install of quicktime, and directX. Can't find
> > a way to do likewise for windows movie maker. (apparently it came as part of
> > SP-2).
> >
> > Norton claims the machine is free of viri, and all the mpg's and .mov's I
> > have been playing with came from my very own camera, so its a touch unlikely
> > that I got passed an infected video file. I assume a bit got flipped on the
> > disk, hence the forced re-instals, and the desire to do more.
> >
> > Anything else I should be trying to update? Any way to capture more
> > information about where things are faceplanting?
> >
> > Anyone know where I can get my paws on an install for movie maker? The only
> > one on the ms download center is a special update for Vista machines.
> >
> > --
> > -dp-
> > Founder: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS.
> > http://www.the-nerds.org
(Msg. 4) Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:18 am
Post subject: Re: Force re-install of windows movie maker, other stuff? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Andrew go away. You are causing more harm than good. You are giving very bad advice and help. No need to touch the OS and the SP
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"Andrew E." wrote in message
> Seems MM came with xp,if that's the case,install xp cd,exit the info
> page,go to
> run,type:cmd In cmd type:Sfc /Scannow Type:CHKDSK C: /F When its thru,
> Agree,type:EXIT Restart PC Remove xp cd.I would run 1st,then back in xp,
> simply install xp SP2 cd,reinstall A reinstall of SP2 wont/shouldnt remove
> anything.
>
> "Random J. Nerd" wrote:
>
>> Well something got corrupted this morning. I assume its one of the ..dll's in
>> the video common code. All of a sudden, I can't open new videos (.mpg) in
>> movie maker, nor can I play or export a video with quicktime pro.
>>
>> In the case of movie maker, simply clicking on "import video" causes an
>> immediate terminate of the program. No "pick file window", the main window
>> just closes, and thats that. In the case of Quicktime, I get a more
>> "graceful" exit, it pops up a "buffer overflow forces exit" and then it goes
>> away.
>>
>> I was able to do a forced re-install of quicktime, and directX. Can't find
>> a way to do likewise for windows movie maker. (apparently it came as part of
>> SP-2).
>>
>> Norton claims the machine is free of viri, and all the mpg's and ..mov's I
>> have been playing with came from my very own camera, so its a touch unlikely
>> that I got passed an infected video file. I assume a bit got flipped on the
>> disk, hence the forced re-instals, and the desire to do more.
>>
>> Anything else I should be trying to update? Any way to capture more
>> information about where things are faceplanting?
>>
>> Anyone know where I can get my paws on an install for movie maker? The only
>> one on the ms download center is a special update for Vista machines.
>>
>> --
>> -dp-
>> Founder: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS.
>> http://www.the-nerds.org
(Msg. 5) Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 12:20 am
Post subject: Re: Force re-install of windows movie maker, other stuff? [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
Try and delete the Movie maker from Add\Remove and then re-install
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"Random J. Nerd" wrote in message
> Well something got corrupted this morning. I assume its one of the ..dll's in
> the video common code. All of a sudden, I can't open new videos (.mpg) in
> movie maker, nor can I play or export a video with quicktime pro.
>
> In the case of movie maker, simply clicking on "import video" causes an
> immediate terminate of the program. No "pick file window", the main window
> just closes, and thats that. In the case of Quicktime, I get a more
> "graceful" exit, it pops up a "buffer overflow forces exit" and then it goes
> away.
>
> I was able to do a forced re-install of quicktime, and directX. Can't find
> a way to do likewise for windows movie maker. (apparently it came as part of
> SP-2).
>
> Norton claims the machine is free of viri, and all the mpg's and ..mov's I
> have been playing with came from my very own camera, so its a touch unlikely
> that I got passed an infected video file. I assume a bit got flipped on the
> disk, hence the forced re-instals, and the desire to do more.
>
> Anything else I should be trying to update? Any way to capture more
> information about where things are faceplanting?
>
> Anyone know where I can get my paws on an install for movie maker? The only
> one on the ms download center is a special update for Vista machines.
>
> --
> -dp-
> Founder: The New England Rubbish Deconstruction Society; The NERDS.
> http://www.the-nerds.org
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